Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (DV)

Mangaluru, Mar 18: Residents of Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) colony Kavoor resident's welfare association have complained of shoddy rainwater drainage work at 7th cross of Karnataka Housing Board Colony.

Speaking to daijiworld.com, president of the KHB colony residents’ welfare association president B Arun Kumar said, "There are nearly 400 houses in the colony. There is a storm water drain in the colony. The rainwater from Karnataka Electricity Supply Corporation colony, from a hill, and from our own colony flow through this single drain.

"While connecting the drain to Kudremukh colony from our colony, the actual size of the drain has been reduced as the areas has been encroached by a person using his political power during the construction work," he said.

A few residents also claim that as the compound wall has encroached the drain, it will likely create problems during the monsoon and people in the colony have to suffer. They also alleged that the work of the drainage constructed a few months ago is substandard.